We were in Maryland visiting with Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Paul and cousins; Carley and Nolan when I received a call that my Daddy was having a heart attack. Needless to say we left Grandma's house very abruptly to get back home. That was the longest 8 hour drive ever but we finally made it to the hospital. Daddy made it through the surgery very well and the doctor's have been very pleased with his recovery. He is home now and we are so grateful for all the support we have received from our family and friends. I know that all of the prayers that went up on Daddy's behalf made all the difference in the world and I appreciate it more than I can express.
Unfortunately, we weren't able to make it to the annual Christmas Eve dinner at Aunt Doris & Uncles Don's this year. We missed seeing everyone but we'll hope to get together very soon. We spent a nice, quite Christmas day at Mamaw and Papaw's house with Uncle Russell, Aunt Kristi and cousins; Gage, Katie and Abbie. My cousin Jeff and his wife Katherine came by for a visit and so did my cousin Ken, his wife Trish and their daughter Laura.
On Saturday we took Jake to visit my Aunt Jean and Uncle Everett along with their children (my cousins) Kenny and Christie... and Christie's girls... Emily and Sara. We had a really nice breakfast together and everyone spent time catching up and playing with Jake.
All things considered... we had a wonderful first Christmas with our little boy. He is the best gift we've ever gotten and we thank God for him every day.
We hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas and we wish you all a very Happy New Year!
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| This might be my favorite gift! It's a vibrating teether and if feels sooooo good! |
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| I'm such a handsome boy! At least that's what Mama tells me all the time. |
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| I love my special stocking from Doh Doh! |
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| Santa was very good to me! |
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| Mamaw let me get this ornament off of her tree all by myself. It's Santa and he plays music. I love it! |
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| Opening all those presents made me so tired. |
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| Mama's sweet baby boy. |
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| Whoa... is this what I think it is? |
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| I thought we could listen to this CD next so I came over and got it out all by myself. |
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| I have how many more to open? |
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| This is so much fun! |
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| I love tearing off the paper. |
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| Grandma made me a new hat and it's black and gold for Appalachian. |
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| I love these jingle bells off of our tree. |
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| I've been a very good boy, Santa. |
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| My very first Christmas present! |
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| A shot from my Christmas card photoshoot. |
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| And another.... |
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| And the winning shot is.... |
